From Canal to Sevenways

They’ve had months to sort. No tests available in hotspots. Dido Harding has to go. You can’t allocate jobs to your mates. Sad to say but Boris Johnson is out of his depth and it’s endangering lives.

Two stolen bikes have been seized by local Pcso’s in Lostock today. It is believed the bikes have been causing ASB issues in the area racing about etc. They were spotted hidden in a nearby field, both ‘hot wired’ and one confirmed stolen from Wolverhampton.

The planning inspectorate dismissed the appeal against Trafford’s planning refusal on the 212 bed hotel. The inspector cited the main issues as: (i) the living conditions of the occupiers of adjacent residential properties, in particular on Hornby Road, by way of visual impact and outlook; (ii) highway safety, concerning the proposed parking arrangements and the […]

The Greatstone Hotel, next to the grade two-listed Gorse Park entrance on Chester Road, could be demolished to make way for 69 apartments, under outline plans submitted by the hotel’s owner Dowd & Company. 

Parkway Circle is set for a new expanded Park and Ride Facility in Trafford Park. The original plans were for a smaller facility in the roundabout itself. The killing of rabbits on the circle in preparation for the tram there brought notoriety to the scheme. Manchester Evening News Item According to the planning application, the […]

Delays in the planning process seem to have kaiboshed plans to repurpose the mall’s car park for night-time events.

Bosses say the closure is due to the discovery of ‘some Covid-19 cases connected to the site’. This is a sign of the new norm in terms of localised closures and lockdown. It’s something we’ll have to get used to as businesses get much more agile in identifying infections and reacting appropriately. Full story on […]

While there are no definitive plans in place for the site, the latest draft of the Stretford Masterplan said it would provide a “mixed development including affordable housing and student accommodation with retail and café and restaurant uses at ground floor level”.  A source close to the project said the idea was to use the site to reactivate […]

Ombudsman calls for improvements in dealing with missed bin collections in Trafford.

Adverse impact of Covid-19 on council’s finances emerging in public report to council’s executive.